#co-first author, *co-corresponding author, Zhao Lab members
1. Chuan Shi#, Xiaochen Zheng#, Lei Lei#, Jinghui Xiao, Guangqing Yu, Yingdong Li, Zhifeng Ma, Minjie Li, Yanling Zeng, Ziquan Lv, Yixiong Chen, Wei Tan*, Qianru Wang*. Phylogenetic and molecular evolutionary insights into monkeypox virus circulation in Shenzhen, China, 2023–2024. Viruses, 2025, 17: 1214. (PMID: 41012642)
2. Xuezhou Yuan#, Xin Yu, Wei Zhao*, Jingxian Sun*; A Practical CRISPR-Based Method for Rapid Genome Editing in Caulobacter crescentus, Bio-protocal. 2025. (PMID: 41220980)
3. Zhongyue Li, Wei Tan, Guo-ping Zhao, Xiangze Zeng*, Wei Zhao*. Recent advances in the synthesis and application of biomolecular condensates. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2025, 301(2):108188. (PMID: 39814227)
4. Jingxian Sun#, Xin Yu#, Guiyue Tang, Mengqing Chen, Yixin Zheng, Yucan Hu, Qingmei Li, Xiaoyang Li, Ningning Li, Zhongyue Li, Yingying Li, Ning Lu, Wei Tan, Yujiao Yang, Xiaoye Lyu, Guohong Zhao, Hailong Wang, Lei Dai, Guo-Ping Zhao, Lianzhong Ai*, Wei Zhao*. A CRISPR-SpCas9M-reporting system for efficient and rapid genome editing in Caulobacter crescentus. Nucleic Acids Research, 2025, 53(8): gkaf353. (PMID: 40298107)
5. Qianru Wang#, Qingmei Li#, Fangzhu Ouyang, Bixia Ke, Shiqin Jiang, Jiajun Liu, Jin Yan, Baisheng Li*, Wei Tan*, Dongmei He*. Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from the Pearl River Delta region, China. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2024, 429: 111025. (PMID: 39693858)
6. Yujiao Yang#, Siwei Zou#, Kezhu Cai, Ningning Li, Zhongyue Li, Wei Tan, Wei Lin*, Guo-Ping Zhao*, Wei Zhao*. Zymograph profiling reveals a divergent evolution of sirtuin that may originate from class III enzymes. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023, 299(11): 105339. (PMID: 37838168)
7. Ning Lu#, Samuel W. Duvall#, Guohong Zhao, Kimberley A. Kowallis, Chao Zhang, Wei Tan, Jingxian Sun, Haley N. Petitjean, Dylan T. Tomares, Guo-Ping Zhao, W. Seth Childers*, Wei Zhao*. Scaffold-scaffold interaction facilitates cell polarity development in Caulobacter crescentus. mBio, 2023, 14(2): e0321822. (PMID: 36971555)
8. Guiyue Tang#, Zilong Zhang#, Wei Tan#, Fei Long, Jingxian Sun, Yingying Li, Siwei Zou, Yujiao Yang, Kezhu Cai, Shenwei Li, Zhiyi Wang, Jiakun Liu, Guobing Mao, Yingxin Ma, Guo-Ping Zhao*, Zhen-Gan Tian*, Wei Zhao*. RT-RPA-Cas12a-based assay facilitates the discrimination of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2023, 381: 133433. (PMID: 36743821)
9. Wei Tan#, Sihua Cheng#, Yingying Li#, Xiao-Yang Li, Ning Lu, Jingxian Sun, Guiyue Tang, Yujiao Yang, Kezhu Cai, Xuefei Li, Xijun Ou, Xiang Gao, Guo-Ping Zhao, W. Seth Childers, Wei Zhao*. Phase separation modulates the assembly and dynamics of a polarity-related scaffold-signaling hub. Nature Communications, 2022, 13: 7181. (PMID: 36418326)
10. J Shi#,*, L Wang#, A Wen#, F Wang#, Y Zhang, L Yu, F Li, Y Jin, Z Feng, J Li, Y Yang, F Gao, Y Zhang, Y Feng*, S Wang*, W Zhao*, W Lin*; Structural basis of three different transcription activation strategies adopted by a single regulator SoxS, Nucleic Acids Research 50(19):11359–11373. 2022. (PMID: 36243985)
11. Yujiao Yang; Hong Zhang; Zhenyang Guo; Siwei Zou; Fei Long; Jiacheng Wu; Peng Li; Guo-ping Zhao*; Wei Zhao*;Global Insights Into Lysine Acylomes Reveal Crosstalk Between Lysine Acetylation and Succinylation in Streptomyces coelicolor Metabolic Pathways, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 2021. (PMID: 34530157)
12. Wei Tan, Zhi-Hui Shao, Guo-Ping Zhao*. In vitro nitrate reductase activity assay of Mycolicibacterium smegmatis crude extract. Bio-protocol, 2021, 11(14): e4098. (PMID: 34395734)
13. Wei Tan#, Tian-Hua Liao#, Jin Wang, Yu Ye, Yu-Chen Wei, Hao-Kui Zhou, Youli Xiao, Xiao-Yang Zhi*, Zhi-Hui Shao*, Liang-Dong Lyu*, Guo-Ping Zhao*. A recently evolved diflavin-containing monomeric nitrate reductase is responsible for highly efficient bacterial nitrate assimilation, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020, 295(15): 5051-5066. (PMID: 32111737)
14. Peng Li; Hong Zhang; Guoping Zhao*; Wei Zhao*; Deacetylation enhances ParB-DNA interactions affecting chromosome segregation in Streptomyces coelicolor, Nucleic Acids Research, 2020. (PMID: 32313947)
15. Lin Zheng#; Shuo Chen#; Fochang Wang; Shiying Huang; Xinhui Liu; Xilan Yang; Haokui Zhou; Guo-Ping Zhao; Mingjing Luo*; Shunmin Li*; Jianping Chen*; Distinct Responses of Gut Microbiota to Jian-Pi-Yi-Shen Decoction Are Associated With Improved Clinical Outcomes in 5/6 Nephrectomized Rats, Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020, 11.
16. Liao Tianhua# ; Wei Yuchen# ; Luo Mingjing; Zhao Guo-Ping*; Zhou Haokui*; tmap: an integrative framework based on topological data analysis for population-scale microbiome stratification and association studies, Genome Biology, 2019, 20(1). (PMID:31870407)
17. Hong Zhang; Peng Li; Shuangxi Ren; Zhongyi Cheng; Guoping Zhao*; Wei Zhao*; ScCobB2-mediated Lysine Desuccinylation Regulates Protein Biosynthesis and Carbon Metabolism in Streptomyces coelicolor, Molecular & Celluar Proteomics, 18(10): 2003-2017. 2019. (PMID:31337674)
18. Xiaobiao Han#; Liqiang Shen#; Qijun Wang; Xufeng Cen; Jin Wang; Meng Wu; Peng Li; Wei Zhao*; Yu Zhang*; Guoping Zhao*; Cyclic AMP inhibits the activity and promotes the acetylation of acetyl-CoA synthetase through competitive binding to the ATP/AMP pocket, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 292: 1374-1384. 2017. (PMID: 27974467)
19. Yongjun Wei#; Haokui Zhou#; Jun Zhang;Lei Zhang; Alei Geng; Fanghua Liu; Guoping Zhao; Shengyue Wang; Zhihua Zhou*; Xing Yan*; Insight into Dominant Cellulolytic Bacteria from Two Biogas Digesters and Their Glycoside Hydrolase Genes, PLoS ONE, 2015, 10(6).
20. Geicho Nakatsu#; Xiangchun Li#; Haokui Zhou#; Jianqiu Sheng#; Sunny Hei Wong#; William Ka, Kai Wu#; Siew Chien Ng; Ho Tsoi; Yujuan Dong; Ning Zhang; Yuqi He; Qian Kang; Lei Cao, Kunning Wang; Jingwan Zhang; Qiaoyi Liang; Jun Yu*; Joseph J Y Sung*: Gut mucosal microbiome across stages of colorectal carcinogenesis, Nature Communications, 2015, 6(10). (PMID:26515465 ）
21. Li Xu#; He Huang#; Wei Wei#; Yi Zhong; Biao Tang; Hua Yuan; Li Zhu; Weiyi Huang; Mei Ge; Shen Yang; Huajun Zheng; Wei Jiang*; Daijie Chen*; Guoping Zhao *; Wei Zhao *; Complete genome sequence and comparative genomic analyses of the vancomycin-producing Amycolatopsis orientalis, BMC Genomics, 15: 363-369. 2014. (PMID: 24884615)
22. Zheng Wang#; Haokui Zhou; Hui Wang; Hongbin Chen; K K Leung; Stephen Tsui*; Margaret Ip*: Comparative genomics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST239: Distinct geographical variants in Beijing and Hong Kong, BMC Genomics; 06/2014; 15(1): 529. (PMID:24969089)
23. Wei Tan#, Xiu-Ran Wang#, Ying Nie, Chong Wang, Li-Qing Cheng, Xiao-Cen Wang, Rui Zhang, Guang-Mou Yan*. Recombinant VirB5 protein as a potential serological marker for the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis. Molecular and Cellular Probes, 2012, 26(3): 127-131. (PMID: 22662340)
24. Wei Zhao#; Yi Zhong#; Hua Yuan#; Jin Wang#; Huajun Zheng; Ying Wang; Xufeng Cen; Feng Xu; Jie Bai; Xiaobiao Han; Gang Lu; Yongqiang Zhu; Zhihui Shao; Han Yan; Chen Li; Nanqiu Peng; Zilong Zhang; Yunyi Zhang; Wei Lin; Yun Fan; Zhongjun Qin; Yongfei Hu; Baoli Zhu; Shengyue Wang*; Xiaoming Ding*; Guoping Zhao*; Complete genome sequence of the rifamycin SV-producing Amycolatopsis mediterranei U32 revealed its genetic characteristics in phylogeny and metabolism, Cell Research, 20: 1096-1108. 2010. (PMID: 20567260)
25. Qijun Wang; Yakun Zhang; Chen Yang; Hui Xiong; Yan Lin; Jun Yao; Hong Li; Lu Xie; Wei Zhao; Yufeng Yao; Zhibin Ning; Rong Zeng; Yue Xiong; Kunliang Guan; Shimin Zhao*; Guoping Zhao*; Acetylation of metabolic enzymes coordinates carbon source utilization and metabolic flux, Science 327: 1004-1007. 2010. (PMID: 20167787)